Is there no Akismet-like product to blacklist IPs on the server side (firewall)?

If you’ve ever heard the term ‘script kiddies’ used and wondered what it meant, here’s an example from my life today that partially explains the term.

All the below code means is that the same user from IP 62.193.224.15 (returns a French origin) kept trying to execute a wide variety of programs that are intended to manage a database that may or may not be sitting on my server.